The US moved to block a proposal stating that Tequila must be bottled “at the source” in Mexico, stating that this proposal puts thousands of jobs at risk. Instead, the Tequila Trade Agreement was created, stating that the US may continue to import tequila in bulk in order to bottle it within their own facilities.
Don Jose Antonio de Cuervo makes the first Vino Mezcal de Tequila de Jose Curevo in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, birthing the modern tequila industry
The Spanish invade Mexico and in short order begin cooking agave in distilling pots and call it Mezcal Wine
Indigenous peoples drink an alcohol made of blue agave that they call pulque
